Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers · New York

Riverside Chemical Company, Inc.

North Tonawanda, NY · ~19 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Riverside Chemical Company, Inc. runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Riverside Chemical Company, Inc.: 1.0 TCR = 45% of Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Riverside Chemical Company, Inc. safety composite

Riverside Chemical Company, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−5.9

2016→2021

Riverside Chemical Company, Inc. injury rate improved

Riverside Chemical Company, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.9 from 5.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · North Tonawanda, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 45% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/23
  • PHOTO Summit Brands
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Summit Brands (0.0 TCR gap)

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Riverside Chemical Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Riverside Chemical Company, Inc. averages 1.0 TCR (45% of the Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Riverside Chemical Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Riverside Chemical Company, Inc. falls in its industry

766 Industrial chemicals merchant establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 23 Industrial chemicals merchant employers in New York.

Riverside Chemical Company, Inc. (19 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Riverside Chemical Company, Inc.
Riverside Chemical Company, Inc. (19 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Riverside Chemical Company, Inc. has fewer employees than the Industrial chemicals merchant wholesaler median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.9 5.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · NY · North Tonawanda

766 Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 60 employers in North Tonawanda, NY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Summit Brands 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aurora 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hattiesburg Plant 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warehouse 27 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE NYSEG Chatham 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE FRANKLINVILLE CREW LOCATION-NY39 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE STOW SERVICE CENTER-NY41 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE K. Hovnanian Companies NYC - Leroy Office 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4597 350 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4597 338 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northgate Health Care Facility 246 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kaleida Health DeGraff Memorial Hospital 227 FTE
NAT-TCR Commonwealth Building Company Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Continental Resources - Tioga, ND 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR North Aurora 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Austin Eastciders Commercial Center Drive 1.0 TCR

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.